Vietnam's Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks to the media after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi on Sept. 10, 2023. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Vietnam’s leader and general secretary of ruling communist party, Nguyen Phu Trong, died on July 19 at age 80. President To Lam has taken over his position.
The Central Committee of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party issued an obituary on Friday saying that Trong, the general secretary of the party, passed away “due to old age and serious illness.” Vietnamese officials did not mention details about Trong’s illness…continue reading
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